How many colleges did your kid apply to?

[Anonymous]

Both DC applied to 1 ED and each was accepted. Easy.

[Anonymous]

For those PPs whose child was accepted ED one-and-done, perhaps it would help OP to indicate the actual number of colleges that were on the list, that is, planned applications that would have been submitted if ED had not been so "easy."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those PPs whose child was accepted ED one-and-done, perhaps it would help OP to indicate the actual number of colleges that were on the list, that is, planned applications that would have been submitted if ED had not been so "easy."

And deny posters their anonymous pedantic pleasures? Unpossible!

/sarcasm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those PPs whose child was accepted ED one-and-done, perhaps it would help OP to indicate the actual number of colleges that were on the list, that is, planned applications that would have been submitted if ED had not been so "easy."

Well I posted earlier about my DD applied to five and probably had
3-4 in mind if she didn’t get in. So total of 8-9.

My DS had another 5-6 on his list if he didn’t get into his ED.

No need to be obnoxious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those PPs whose child was accepted ED one-and-done, perhaps it would help OP to indicate the actual number of colleges that were on the list, that is, planned applications that would have been submitted if ED had not been so "easy."

Well I posted earlier about my DD applied to five and probably had
3-4 in mind if she didn’t get in. So total of 8-9.

My DS had another 5-6 on his list if he didn’t get into his ED.

No need to be obnoxious.

Ironic.

[Anonymous]

8

3 safeties
2 targets
3 reaches

Got into 6.

[Anonymous]

High school class of 2019: 5, accepted to all (2 reaches, 3 targets, 1 safety)

High school class of 2021: 12 (accepted at 2 safeties and 2 targets; denied at 5 reaches and 3 targets)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oldest 12; 4 high reaches, 6 high target/low reaches, 2targets (I was extremely nervous that she had no true safeties). Accepted at 6, waitlisted at 2, rejected at 4.
Second 1 reach. Accepted in ED. Recruited athlete.
Expect youngest will apply to 10 or so unless he can get recruited to play his sport.

Op here. I feel like DS’s safeties are actually not true safety. I think he won’t be happy if he ends up at a true safety, which is why I thought it may be better to apply to a lot of schools that are low reaches/targets.

The challenge with very high-stats kids is that those "low reach/target" schools may actually be more of a reach than the student thinks. If they still have <25% acceptance rate they should be considered reaches regardless of stats. He should spend time working to find a real safety that has some things that he can be excited about. Specific programs in his major, study abroad options, student groups, etc.

One of my DD's safeties has a very high acceptance rate and most people probably haven't heard of it. But it has an experience in her major area that she is really, really excited to participate in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High school class of 2019: 5, accepted to all (2 reaches, 2 targets, 1 safety)

High school class of 2021: 12 (accepted at 2 safeties and 2 targets; denied at 5 reaches and 3 targets)

typo, sorry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High school class of 2019: 5, accepted to all (2 reaches, 3 targets, 1 safety)

High school class of 2021: 12 (accepted at 2 safeties and 2 targets; denied at 5 reaches and 3 targets)

Your 2019 kid either applied to 6 schools or maybe only 2 targets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your DC has very high stats (top 5% of class, most rigorous classes and 1500+ SAT) and also hopes to go to a highly rejective college, they might be in the zone where they decide to apply to a lot of colleges. It’s a numbers game, and while there is a lot of correlation among acceptances, the more applications, the higher the chances.

If that’s your kid’s hope, then tune out all the people who will surely respond here that there’s no point. When they say if you’re rejected by Harvard you’re also likely to be rejected by Yale. What matters more is that your kid is likely to be rejected by each of these schools, but the more applications, the higher their chances.

Mathematically, this poster’s statement is untrue. Each school is its own “lottery,” so applying to more schools doesn’t increase one’s odds at any particular school. What is fair - and perhaps the poster’s intent - is that even among the best schools AOs may be looking for slightly different candidates or have somewhat different applicant pools. In that case, applying to more schools may increase a kid’s chance of hitting one where their combination of achievements fits what the school is looking for. That is to say, the odds of your kid “fitting” a desired profile at various schools may be different at different schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your DC has very high stats (top 5% of class, most rigorous classes and 1500+ SAT) and also hopes to go to a highly rejective college, they might be in the zone where they decide to apply to a lot of colleges. It’s a numbers game, and while there is a lot of correlation among acceptances, the more applications, the higher the chances.

If that’s your kid’s hope, then tune out all the people who will surely respond here that there’s no point. When they say if you’re rejected by Harvard you’re also likely to be rejected by Yale. What matters more is that your kid is likely to be rejected by each of these schools, but the more applications, the higher their chances.

Mathematically, this poster’s statement is untrue. Each school is its own “lottery,” so applying to more schools doesn’t increase one’s odds at any particular school. What is fair - and perhaps the poster’s intent - is that even among the best schools AOs may be looking for slightly different candidates or have somewhat different applicant pools. In that case, applying to more schools may increase a kid’s chance of hitting one where their combination of achievements fits what the school is looking for. That is to say, the odds of your kid “fitting” a desired profile at various schools may be different at different schools.

Op here. Every school my kid wants to attend is T25. The lowest school is UVA, which I know is not considered a safety.

[Anonymous]

OP - that's not smart. Your kid needs some safeties. I know some really high stats kids rejected at UVA- you need to find some safeties that your kid will like. It's summer - now's the time.

---I'm forcing my rising senior to go to a safety this weekend - if he hates it, fine but I really am trying to find him an actual safety that he will be admitted and might like. This one has his major, has right size population and is affordable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your DC has very high stats (top 5% of class, most rigorous classes and 1500+ SAT) and also hopes to go to a highly rejective college, they might be in the zone where they decide to apply to a lot of colleges. It’s a numbers game, and while there is a lot of correlation among acceptances, the more applications, the higher the chances.

If that’s your kid’s hope, then tune out all the people who will surely respond here that there’s no point. When they say if you’re rejected by Harvard you’re also likely to be rejected by Yale. What matters more is that your kid is likely to be rejected by each of these schools, but the more applications, the higher their chances.

Mathematically, this poster’s statement is untrue. Each school is its own “lottery,” so applying to more schools doesn’t increase one’s odds at any particular school. What is fair - and perhaps the poster’s intent - is that even among the best schools AOs may be looking for slightly different candidates or have somewhat different applicant pools. In that case, applying to more schools may increase a kid’s chance of hitting one where their combination of achievements fits what the school is looking for. That is to say, the odds of your kid “fitting” a desired profile at various schools may be different at different schools.

Actually, mathematically it is technically true since admission are independent events. However, this fact and formula are USELESS at highly competitive colleges as (unlike sides of a die) you cannot ever know your individual chance at any one college. Consistent with the mathematical formula, if your chances are zero at all 8 ivies (for example), then your chances do not increase when you apply to 8 instead of 1.

[Anonymous]

He will apply to 10 since his 10 is the limit for his high school. He is within the middle 50th percentile for all of them except one roll be a reach. He is doing a college application camp at his school next week to get the common app done and to have a second person go over his essay.